Windows XP system restore goes through the motions and then returns “computer cannot be restored”.

Bernardcopland

April 14, 2011 at 10:27 am

Thanks a bunch.....I used the "Safe Mode" method.....Success!!! After months of disappointment.

Tina

April 14, 2011 at 3:49 pm

Thanks a lot for the feedback, Bernard!

FIDELIS

April 14, 2011 at 3:15 am

Hello, I would say your system restore may have become corrupted. One of the ways of fixing this would be to disable system restore and then enable it again. I know it does not serve your purpose because once you disable system restore, you would loose all your restore points. I do not know what operating system you are running, here is the Microsoft link for xp:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302796/EN-US/

Also, I would suggest that you scan your computer with antivirus/antimalware.

Anonymous

April 13, 2011 at 7:42 pm

Try going into safe mode and restore from there

Here are some troubleshooting tips for System Restore in Windows XP.

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click on System in the left pane.
Click the gray title "Source" at the top of the source name column in
the right pane to sort by source name, look for "sr" and "srservice".
Double click on each of these events, then click on the button below
the two arrows in the upper right corner. This will copy the event
information to the clipboard. Paste the information for each of the
two event here. This will help us in diagnosing the problem.http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

a. If there is less than 200 MB of free space available on the computer free up some space on the hard drive by deleting unused files or images. Check the link mentioned below.